S’pore drivers may be able to use credit, debit cards to enter JB by Sept 2024: Malaysia minister

Malaysia is looking to give drivers from Singapore alternative payment options to Touch 'n Go for the toll and road charge at the two border crossings into Johor. PHOTO: ST FILE
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is planning to allow drivers from Singapore to use their credit and debit cards to pay for the toll and road charge at the two border crossings into Johor by the end of the third quarter of 2024, allowing them to put aside their Touch ’n Go stored-value cards.

The government is in discussion with concessionaire Plus Expressways, which operates the road charge system at the Johor checkpoints at the Causeway and Second Link, to allow foreign visitors to use their internationally recognised credit and debit cards. 

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